New Social Movements In Western Europe
Author: Kriesi Hanspeter
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-03-24
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 1136996524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Global Peace and Anti-nuclear Movements
Author: Badruddin
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9788170998877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Book Presents In-Depth Observation And Analysis Of Global Peace Movement Organizations, Both In Historical As Well As Contemporary Dimmension.
Social Protest and Policy Change
Author: Marco Giugni
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780742518278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile movement activists spend much of their time and energy trying to change the world and we think that social movements often matter, our theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field is still relatively poor. Social Protest and Policy Change offers a systematic and empirically grounded analysis of the impact of three major contemporary movements on public policy. Following a comparative and historical perspective, the author argues that the policy impact of social movements is facilitated by the presence of favorable political opportunity structures, and more precisely by the presence of institutional allies among the elites, and by a favorable public opinion. Furthermore, the very content of the movements' demands also plays a role, insofar as the power holders are more willing to make concessions on certain issues than on others. On the basis of a historical overview of the mobilization of ecology, antinuclear, and peace movements in the United States, Italy, and Switzerland, and using a unique body of original data, the book presents the results of time-series analyses showing the joint effect of protest, political alliances, and shifts in public opinion for movements that do not address issues that pose too serious a threat to the power holders.
Media, Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement
Author: Francis L. F. Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-05-16
Total Pages: 159
ISBN-13: 1315405881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong caught the world’s attention and imagination at the end of 2014. The 79-day occupation campaign took on some of the characteristics of the recent wave of large-scale protest movements around the world, including the prominent roles played by the media – both conventional and digital – in the mobilization and communication processes of the movement. This edited volume, Media, Mobilization and the Umbrella Movement, brings together nine contributions which examine various aspects of the media-movement nexus, including the power of televised images to mobilize people, the role of social media in the insurgent public sphere, young activists’ social media strategies, media influence on citizens’ understanding of civil disobedience, the government’s response to digital media tactics, public discourses about the rule of law, and local and foreign media coverage of the movement. We believe that this high-quality collection can not only enhance our understanding of the Umbrella Movement, but also facilitate and trigger more research and dialogue comparing the Umbrella Movement with other similar protest movements around the world. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Communication.
Civil War in Syria
Author: Adam Baczko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-02-08
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1108368921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians marched peacefully to demand democratic reforms. Within months, repression forced them to take arms and set up their own institutions. Two years later, the inclusive nature of the opposition had collapsed, and the PKK and radical jihadist groups rose to prominence. In just a few years, Syria turned into a full-scale civil war involving major regional and world powers. How has the war affected Syrian society? How does the fragmentation of Syria transform social and sectarian hierarchies? How does the war economy work in a country divided between the regime, the insurgency, the PKK and the Islamic State? Written by authors who have previously worked on the Iraqi, Afghan, Kurd, Libyan and Congolese armed conflicts, it includes extensive interviews and direct observations. A unique book, which combines rare field experience of the Syrian conflict with new theoretical insights on the dynamics of civil wars.
Social Movements in a Globalising World
Author: Hanspeter Kriesi
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1349273198
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe growing interdependence on a global scale which characterizes the human condition at the turn of the century constitutes a challenge for both the mobilization of social movements and social movement theory. The present volume makes an attempt to adjust the perspective of the political process approach to a world in which political opportunities, mobilizing structures, framing processes and collective action of social movements are no longer confined to national political contexts.
Electrospun Nanofibers for Energy and Environmental Applications
Author: Bin Ding
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2014-04-10
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 3642541607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a comprehensive review of the latest advances in developing functional electrospun nanofibers for energy and environmental applications, which include fuel cells, lithium-ion batteries, solar cells, supercapacitors, energy storage materials, sensors, filtration materials, protective clothing, catalysis, structurally-colored fibers, oil spill cleanup, self-cleaning materials, adsorbents, and electromagnetic shielding. This book is aimed at both newcomers and experienced researchers in the field of nanomaterials, especially those who are interested in addressing energy-related and environmental problems with the help of electrospun nanofibers. Bin Ding, PhD, and Jianyong Yu, PhD, are both Professors at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, China.
Comparative Perspectives on Racism
Author: Jessika ter Wal
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-04
Total Pages: 217
ISBN-13: 1351766856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title was first published in 2000: The book gives a discussion and many empirical examples of the possibilities for comparative research on racism. In the book the questions and problems are discussed and the relative costs and benefits of comparative research are pointed out. The question on what should be considered and solved when doing comparative research is central and the different chapters give specific answers. Moreover, the comparative issue is also raised with respect to the monitoring of racism in different countries and to initiatives for combating racism.
Political Altruism?
Author: Marco Giugni
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780847698813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiugni and Passy (both: political science, U. of Geneva), along with contributors, explore the political ramifications of solidarity movements, which defy traditional explanations of political actors as fundamentally self-interested. Using country-specific studies form France, the United States, Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland, they look at the growing internationalization of such movements, the interactions between movements and states, the moral vs. self-interest components of movements, and the consequences of such movements. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Environmental Protest in Western Europe
Author: Chris Rootes
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2003-12-11
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0199252068
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA major contribution to the study of protest events, this text is a systematically comparative study of environmental protests in a representative cross-section of EU member states.
